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Chapter 65 - A Scandal Unfolds

Author: Tabitha
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She told herself it was necessary, what she was doing.

But in the past few days, something inside her twisted in ways she couldn’t quite name.

It was easy enough to play the role, to smirk when she needed to, to let her fingers trail over the stem of a wine glass as if she had all the time in the world. But every time she stepped onto that balcony, feigning the remnants of an intimate encounter, a part of her coiled tight in discomfort.

Lucian had done nothing but let her fester in silence, leaving her with no choice but to force his hand. She needed him to react—to do something. If he wanted to play the game of indifference, she would break that facade piece by piece.

And yet, she hated that it had come to this.

That she had to use someone else just to make herself seen.

At night, when the estate was quiet, she would stand by the mirror in her room, staring at her own reflection as if it held the answers.

What did she expect Lucian to do?

What did she want him to do?

She wasn’t sure a
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